Zachariah Alvey

Summary

I am a skilled programmer with passion for teaching and training others. I have had substantial experience in both teaching and programming. I have had a solid education and I would be a great asset to any company needing extra programming, computer training, or design work. I am especially valuable during the summer months when school is out. You need me on your team.

Objective

Obtain summer, and part-time employment helping local companies with their programming, web development, and design needs.

Interest

Outside of Teaching and Programming I have many interests and people that help make me who I am.

Religion:

I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Everything good that has ever come to me I owe to the truths I have learned from my participation and service in the Lord's church. Before going to college, I served for 2 years teaching the gospel of this church to many people in Seattle Washington.

Family:

I have been happily married for 9 years to a smart and beautiful woman. I am the father of 5 wonderful children, 1 girl and 4 boys. They are the most important treasures I have, they are my motivation. I base all my decisions around my family. I try to keep a healthy balance between work and family.

Sports/Hobbies:

I love to stay active, I play basketball regularly, and I am an avid Jazz fan. In addition to teaching at Pine View High School I am actively involved as an adviser to the Ping Pong, Ultimate Frisbee, and Chess club. I also love singing, I have had many awesome informal trainers and I am not afraid to sing in front of an audience.

2000

Associates

Work History

Aug 2005 - Present

Teacher

I am currently teaching Computer Programming I and II in C++ and Python using the Xcode environment, Web Development I and II in HTML/CSS/Javascript/PHP using Dreamweaver and basic web servers, and Multimedia Design I and II using Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash. I manage and maintain a classroom lab of 28 iMac computers. I also manage the school webserver including the school website which uses the Plone content management Zope application.

Oct 2007 - Present

Web Programmer

I help out InfoWest part-time developing customized applications for customer websites. I specialize in content management solutions using the Django framework built in Python. I also develop and fix many websites and applications using PHP. I have set up many PHP opensource applications such as Joomla, Wordpress, and Moodle.

2009 - Present

Part-time Faculty

The programming courses I teach at the High School level are offered as a concurrent credit for the beginning programming courses at Dixie College, so I have been able to help out at the college once in a while, teaching the beginning programming night/summer courses. This year I am teaching cs1400 during the summer semester.

2006 - 2007

Web Programmer

I maintained and developed a Cold Fusion web application that was built around a large form to collect customer data needed to verify credit, finances, and populate a large legal PDF financial loan contract. I also spent some time developing a php application to keep track of vehicle titles and information.

2004 - 2005

Database Programmer

During my senior year in my undergraduate program I was able to help the DIGIT lab with a major database project that documented all the data from a mine in New Mexico. The database was getting way too big for MS Access, and I was on a team to normalize the database and convert it to MySQL and to MS SQL, create the Entity-Relationship Diagram, and export it to the MS SQL server.

2003 - 2004

Web Master

Re-designed and maintained, and updated the fire department web page using Adobe Go-Live. It was a great learning experience for me as I matured as a programmer and began my study of web programming. The site that I designed has been replace in the last few years. The fire-department is an exciting place to work.

1999 - 2003

Trainer/Programmer

During my early college years I was able to create many computer based training (CBT) courses used to teaching state employees the state's custom financial software. I built the CBT's using an authoring tool I learned in High School called Quest (similar to ToolBook). Quest has since been overpowered by programs like Flash and Director, but it was a great tool for creating interactive training courses. The state still uses some of my lessons internally in that department. I used Photoshop and Illustrator for much of the images and design.

Skills

Skills

Programming, Web Development

Since my work at the Division of Finance I have had programming and web development experience in a variety of different languages and development environments, and have come to adapt quickly to new opportunities to program and develop for the web.
My Experience includes:
Intensive study of programming languages, algorithms, and data structures
Specialized courses with operating systems, databases, and networking
Specific experience with Python, C++, C, Java, Scheme, Visual Basic
Diverse experience with web programming: Django, Plone, PHP, Cold Fusion, JSP, ASP, Javascript, CSS, HTML, XML, SQL, Apache, Zope
Various experience with design using: Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Dreamweaver, GoLive, Fireworks, Acrobat Reader

Teaching

I will begin my 5th year Teaching in the Washington County School District this year.

Portfolio

A recent simple PHP application I created for uploading galleries of pictures. It uploads a zip file, unpacks it, saves all the images, and makes thumbnails of the images for display in a gallery on the main site.

Customized Classroom Website

I created a customized website for my classroom that includes file submission, student blog, and teacher assignment blog. I developed this using the Django python web framework.

One of my favorite Django sites. Content management example, the client manages all the links and the pages.

This is one site I have developed many applications for. Bracket contests, voting, user login section, drawings, sign-ups, etc. Even some streaming audio.

Gallery from Zip File

Example of a gallery created from the simple admin. All done in PHP.

Sunfirst Bank

Secure uploading of files and listing of uploaded files. Application created in Django.